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Facebook Timeline, Google+ Hangouts: Which Will Own Your Life?
The hottest social networks seem quite busy these days -- providing a lot for millions of users around the world to digest. Just this week, Google+, Google's new social network, opened to the general public for sign-up and while making several site changes. Now, Facebook is launching a major design overhaul new features -- some similar to those introduced recently by Google+.
Facebook Revamped: 7 Major Overhauls to Begin the Age of Facebook
With the latest bevy of features announced at the annual f8 developers’ conference, Facebook will no longer remain merely a social networking site, rather it will penetrate more into the lives of its users and transform itself in to an entertainment hub.
Apple Will Release Only One iPhone in October: Analyst
As the release date of the iPhone 5 nears, the amount of rumors over the specifications and the release date also reached a new scale as it is the most anticipated smartphone in the U.S. market.
Electronic Payments Summit Finds Google Wallet as Promising
Jefferies' 2011 Electronic Payments Summit was held in New York on Sept. 20. The summit had six panel discussions focusing on private equity, prepaid, regulatory and legislative landscape, merchants and merchant acquirers, the future of U.S. debit and mobile money
Facebook Changes: Users Overwhelmingly ‘Dislike’ new News Feed and Ticker
Users overwhelmingly dislike the Facebook changes like the new news feed and ticker.
Mark Zuckerberg Richer Than Google CEOs
Mark Zuckerberg edged out Larry Page and Sergey Brin for the first time on the Forbes 400, its annual list of the richest people in America.
Facebook Introduces Timeline
Facebook's newest feature is a radical change to its profile pages. Now, users can scroll through each other's entire life stories.
Rick Santorum Takes Google Search Problem to Google Itself
It seems that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has a problem. With Google.
Facebook overhauls user profiles
Facebook unveiled a new feature that lets users overhaul their profile allowing people to create magazine-like photo-heavy Web pages and curate their own stories.
Google: Has it Advanced vs. Oracle in Patent Suit?
Two days of negotiations between the CEOs of Oracle
and Google before a federal magistrate appear to have helped Google, court filings indicate.
Loose-Lipped Employee Reveals Facebook Changes Over Twitter
A Facebook employee took to Twitter on the eve of the f8 developers conference, announcing his love for Facebook's new music service, which allows users to join others when they listen to music.
Top iOS 5 Features Already Existent in Android Devices
Apple's upcoming operating system iOS 5, which is expected to be released this fall and is going to power iPhone 5, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3 GS, has copied certain features from the Android platform.
Senate Antitrust Hearing Sees Schmidt Defending Google
Defending his company’s business practices on Capitol Hill for the first time after the mounting inspection of its operations, Google Inc. Chairman, Eric Schmidt, directly declined that his company was manipulating its search engine results to steer users to its own online services.
Google Street View Maps Jerusalem for Virtual Tour
Google’s Street View that lets explore places around the world through 360-degree street-level imagery virtually will soon provide street by street images of Jerusalem, Israel.
Schmidt says Google has not cooked search results
Google Inc has not cooked its search results to favor its own products and listings, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt told a U.S. Senate hearing looking into whether the search giant abuses its power.
Rick Santorum Google Search Problem
Rick Santorum asks Google to fix search results.
Google spurns Oracle $2.2 billion Android damage claim
Google Inc urged a federal judge to reject an Oracle Corp expert's recommendation that it pay more than $2.2 billion for infringing patents for Java technology used in the Android operating system.
Schmidt confident U.S. regulators will clear Google
Google Inc is confident that U.S. antitrust regulators will clear the search giant of any wrongdoing, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will tell a congressional panel on Wednesday.
Senators examine whether Google abuses Web power
Google Inc has evolved to become a dominant and potentially anti-competitive force on the Internet, senators said at congressional hearing on Wednesday.
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Conciliatory Before Senate
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt began testifying before a U.S. Judiciary Subcommittee Wednesday over the company's business practices, striking a conciliatory tone with skeptical lawmakers.
Google Flight Search vs. Bing Travel: The Search Engine Showdown
Google launched it's new flight search feature last week, but how will it compare to Bing Travel?
Schmidt confident regulators will clear Google
Google Inc is confident that U.S. antitrust regulators will clear the search giant of any wrongdoing, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will tell a congressional panel on Wednesday.
Google’s Eric Schmidt Will Testify, Address Rivals in Antitrust Hearing
Chief Googler Eric Schmidt will stand before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust committee and defend his company against accusations of antitrust and favoritism.
Google+ Social Network Opens up to the World With More Features
Google has opened up its popular social network site Google+ to the public after 90 days of limited field-testing.
Facebook Changes: What They Are and Why They’re Getting a Big ‘Dislike’
The recent Facebook changes like improved friends lists, a subscribe button, and a new news feed are not going over well with users.
Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich Compatible With Both Handsets and Tablets
Google Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS, the upcoming mobile Android operating system, will be compatible with both handsets and tablets, according to a post in Android Developers.
Oracle’s Future: Ellison Says Giant Will Keep Growing
Oracle shares leaped nearly 7 percent Wednesday after the database giant assuaged investor fears that lagging hardware sales might slow it down. The company reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded analyst expectations.
Facebook’s Postponed IPO: A Wise and Patient Strategy
Facebook’s management may view an IPO as a kind of “distraction” for its employees while the company is busy ramping up several new product lines and other projects.
Google+ vs. Facebook: The War is On
The war is officially on: Google+ vs. Facebook, in the battle to become the biggest or best global social network. After rolling out a three-month test phase with limited openings, Google+ is now open to the general public for sign-up and use.
Facebook Revenue Could be $4 Billion, Double Estimates
Facebook’s growth is so strong that revenue this year may tap $4.3 billion, double prior estimates, market researcher eMarketer reports.